Sasha Velour, the boundary-busting, Berkeley-born drag icon and creative visionary, returns to the stage with her most ambitious project to date: The Big Reveal Live Show.

Following the success of her debut solo show, Smoke & Mirrors, Velour invites Bay Area audiences into a magical multimedia experience (which runs June 4-15 at Berkeley Rep’s Roda Theatre) that is equal parts over-the-top spectacle and raw vulnerability. If the two qualities seem at odds, they’re not to Velour, who is long adept at balancing grandeur with grounded-ness.

“I feel like theatricality is the perfect way to be emotionally vulnerable,” says Velour in an interview with 48hills. “I know it’s a very drag answer, but the more stylization that happens, the greater. It’s almost like a safety net for really going the

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